The Lord of the Rings

By J. R. R. Tolkien

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The One Ring, forged by the Dark Lord Sauron to rule all the other Rings of Power, was taken from him and lost for ages until it fell by chance to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. As Sauron's power spreads again from Mordor and he hunts for the Ring he needs to complete his rule, Bilbo leaves it to his young cousin Frodo. Frodo's task is to carry it across Middle-earth and cast it into the Cracks of Doom. With him go Boromir of Gondor, the elf Legolas, the dwarf Gimli, the wizard Gandalf, the hobbits Sam, Merry and Pippin, and a stranger known as Strider. Tolkien, an Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon, created a language along with his invented world.

Elon Musk, described by an interviewer as a lonely boy in Pretoria who read fantasy and science fiction, said the heroes of The Lord of the Rings and the Foundation books always saw saving the world as their duty. DULO co-founder Marin Gerov praised its world-building and said the book always takes him to Middle-earth.

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Elon Musk (Founder/SpaceX)

As a boy in Pretoria, Musk was un dersized and picked upon, a smart-aleck known as Muskrat. In his loneliness, he read a lot of fantasy and science fiction. “The heroes of the books I read, ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and the ‘Foundation’ series, always felt a duty to save the world,” he told me.

Michal Ptacek (Founder/Officelovin’)

My most favourite book is Godfather by Mario Puzo. [...] Another would be The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

Marin Gerov (Co-Founder/DULO)

I just love the story and lore that Tolkien creates in his books. The expansive universe, storytelling, characters, world-building - it is something that always spurs my imagination. The book never fails to take me to Middle Earth when I read it.

When I discovered the book I was in high school and I remember how several classmates and I were competing who would finish reading the full trilogy first. I think I won, but I cannot be sure :D

It is also the first book I have read entirely in English, and I remember how proud I was of the achievement at the time (English not being my mother tongue).

Kyrylo Taranenko (Head of Marketing/Y-Productive)

It’s impressive how Tolkien combined Edda with King Arthur legends and created a new fantasy classic. I love taking a peak behind the writer's curtain - it has helped me a lot with my understanding of content strategy.

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